fishinone
11-05-2014, 11:38 AM
I made a run to Castaic before work today.
I was the only boat when I got there at opening time and one of 2 boats when I left at 8:30.
The bait situation was looking good as I rolled out of the no wake zone.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%20Boils%2011-5-2014/20141105_063304_zpsf75bb258.jpg (http://s454.photobucket.com/user/fishinone/media/Castaic%20Boils%2011-5-2014/20141105_063304_zpsf75bb258.jpg.html)
This is the first thing I saw on the fishfinder.
I waited around for the fish to come up on those but nothing happened, so I followed a group of excited seagulls down the lake. It soon became clear why they were excited. My only problem was choosing one of the three coves that they were feeding in, on the West side of the fish arm. I picked up a dink and lost one at the boat then started looking for bigger models using my ears.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%20Boils%2011-5-2014/20141105_070843_zps8b4ddb3c.jpg (http://s454.photobucket.com/user/fishinone/media/Castaic%20Boils%2011-5-2014/20141105_070843_zps8b4ddb3c.jpg.html)
I was rewarded with a fat one that must be 7 or 8 lb. I knew that it wasn't a DD. :LOL: Really that was Sun grins.
After that one I washed around the coves with the seagulls casting to the deeper sounding boils but didn't get hit. When the seagulls drifted off, I toured the lake looking for more. I found a big boil against the cliffs in the Ski Arm but didn't get to it in time. There were fish popping in Nacktie Canyon too but none for me.
I talked to the guys in the other boat (Eric, I think.) they hadn't gotten on them yet.
When I rolled back to the Fish Arm, it was glassy smooth. Just as I decided it was too smooth, I found the seagulls again, this time on the other side. I snuck up on the boils keeping very quiet. I was the only boat anywhere around.
The gulls were feeding in a big area but the blowups were few and widely scattered. I picked up a little bigger dink casting to one pop then while I was throwing it in the cooler I heard the sound of some bigger fish 2 casts away against a cliff. I moved over there slowly. Really slowly! I just put the motor in gear without throttling up then shut the motor down and drifted listening for heavier swirls.
When I heard them, I cast. I hooked up in less than one crank of the reel handle. The fish hit so gently, I wasn't sure it was a big one but when it went straight for the middle of the lake, I knew that it would be a nice one.
I got a look at it as it went by, just before it took off and knew that it was long. After 3 long drag peeling runs and a few shorter bursts, the fish rolled over on it's side and let me lip it.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%20Boils%2011-5-2014/20141105_080409_zpsa1ac8f86.jpg (http://s454.photobucket.com/user/fishinone/media/Castaic%20Boils%2011-5-2014/20141105_080409_zpsa1ac8f86.jpg.html)
DD!
No scale so I measured it. It's 32" long with a 16" girth. Should be right at 10 lb. It's a skinny one.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%20Boils%2011-5-2014/20141105_101900_zpsb3e82377.jpg (http://s454.photobucket.com/user/fishinone/media/Castaic%20Boils%2011-5-2014/20141105_101900_zpsb3e82377.jpg.html)
I'm just way too happy to be at work.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%20Boils%2011-5-2014/20141105_101813_zps38e6a76d.jpg (http://s454.photobucket.com/user/fishinone/media/Castaic%20Boils%2011-5-2014/20141105_101813_zps38e6a76d.jpg.html)
Cooler shot!
I knew that it would be good when I realized that I had forgotten my nets and that I left my tackle box in the truck. All I had with me were the lures on my poles.
I was the only boat when I got there at opening time and one of 2 boats when I left at 8:30.
The bait situation was looking good as I rolled out of the no wake zone.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%20Boils%2011-5-2014/20141105_063304_zpsf75bb258.jpg (http://s454.photobucket.com/user/fishinone/media/Castaic%20Boils%2011-5-2014/20141105_063304_zpsf75bb258.jpg.html)
This is the first thing I saw on the fishfinder.
I waited around for the fish to come up on those but nothing happened, so I followed a group of excited seagulls down the lake. It soon became clear why they were excited. My only problem was choosing one of the three coves that they were feeding in, on the West side of the fish arm. I picked up a dink and lost one at the boat then started looking for bigger models using my ears.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%20Boils%2011-5-2014/20141105_070843_zps8b4ddb3c.jpg (http://s454.photobucket.com/user/fishinone/media/Castaic%20Boils%2011-5-2014/20141105_070843_zps8b4ddb3c.jpg.html)
I was rewarded with a fat one that must be 7 or 8 lb. I knew that it wasn't a DD. :LOL: Really that was Sun grins.
After that one I washed around the coves with the seagulls casting to the deeper sounding boils but didn't get hit. When the seagulls drifted off, I toured the lake looking for more. I found a big boil against the cliffs in the Ski Arm but didn't get to it in time. There were fish popping in Nacktie Canyon too but none for me.
I talked to the guys in the other boat (Eric, I think.) they hadn't gotten on them yet.
When I rolled back to the Fish Arm, it was glassy smooth. Just as I decided it was too smooth, I found the seagulls again, this time on the other side. I snuck up on the boils keeping very quiet. I was the only boat anywhere around.
The gulls were feeding in a big area but the blowups were few and widely scattered. I picked up a little bigger dink casting to one pop then while I was throwing it in the cooler I heard the sound of some bigger fish 2 casts away against a cliff. I moved over there slowly. Really slowly! I just put the motor in gear without throttling up then shut the motor down and drifted listening for heavier swirls.
When I heard them, I cast. I hooked up in less than one crank of the reel handle. The fish hit so gently, I wasn't sure it was a big one but when it went straight for the middle of the lake, I knew that it would be a nice one.
I got a look at it as it went by, just before it took off and knew that it was long. After 3 long drag peeling runs and a few shorter bursts, the fish rolled over on it's side and let me lip it.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%20Boils%2011-5-2014/20141105_080409_zpsa1ac8f86.jpg (http://s454.photobucket.com/user/fishinone/media/Castaic%20Boils%2011-5-2014/20141105_080409_zpsa1ac8f86.jpg.html)
DD!
No scale so I measured it. It's 32" long with a 16" girth. Should be right at 10 lb. It's a skinny one.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%20Boils%2011-5-2014/20141105_101900_zpsb3e82377.jpg (http://s454.photobucket.com/user/fishinone/media/Castaic%20Boils%2011-5-2014/20141105_101900_zpsb3e82377.jpg.html)
I'm just way too happy to be at work.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%20Boils%2011-5-2014/20141105_101813_zps38e6a76d.jpg (http://s454.photobucket.com/user/fishinone/media/Castaic%20Boils%2011-5-2014/20141105_101813_zps38e6a76d.jpg.html)
Cooler shot!
I knew that it would be good when I realized that I had forgotten my nets and that I left my tackle box in the truck. All I had with me were the lures on my poles.